Description
The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2012-6008 | The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2100-1 | Pidgin vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T21:28:39.854Z
Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2012-6152
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Status : Modified
Published: 2014-02-06T16:10:58.030
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2012-6152
OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD
Ubuntu USN